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Worse and worse and much much better Xan BrooksWednesday December 11, 2002 Ian McKellen as Gandalf in Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers  A year ago, Peter Jackson remarked that he regarded the first instalment of his Lord of the Rings trilogy as a kind of extended introduction, and the final chapter as "one long climax". The Two Towers, Jackson said, was "the complicated one", the one "where things go from worse to worse." Worse, presumably, is when Gandalf (Ian McKellen) nose-dives into the bowels of the earth during the movie's opening seconds (astride a balrog, no less). Worser...

HE'S sharp, smart, funny - and he's The Sun's new movie critic. Yes folks, a star is Vaughan as Johnny Vaughan, 36, joins Britain's brightest newspaper. And today he kicks off with a review of the biggest release of the year, the new Lord Of The Rings epic The Two Towers. Johnny will be bringing you his passionate views about films each week in his new column, starting tomorrow. Rings sequel is Tower of power Turning ugly ... an Orcsoldier bares his fangs RELATED STORIES • Good Lord, it's Nicola's 2 towers! LORD Of The Rings: The Two Towers...

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERSby Chuck Russel(//) 2002, Rated PG-13, 179 Minutes, New Line Cinema  In a nutshell, I’m practically speechless. This epic is so much larger than the first. Remember a year ago how much we all anticipated The Fellowship of the Ring? This film takes that same anticipation, with the audience’s familiarity with the subject matter due to repeated viewings of the first one, and boosts it to another level. As soon as the theater lights go down and the movie starts - the action begins. Just like in The Fellowship you get SO...

The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersCast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Liv Tyler, John Rhys-Davies, Dominic Monaghan, Christopher Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Dourif, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Karl Urban, Bernard Hill, David Wenham and Andy SerkisDirected by: Peter JacksonScreenplay by: Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair and Frances WalshDistributor: New Line CinemaRun time: 179 minRating: PG-13Year: 2002 Official Site See Trailer Buy Tickets Buy Poster Buy Novel Buy SoundtrackFirst the good news: The Two Towers isn't necessarily better than The Fellowship of the Ring but everything great about the first...

'The Two Towers': The Movie You're Not Gonna Miss, By Kurt Loder 12.06.2002 6:49 PM EST Orlando Bloom in "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers"  Photo: Pierre Vinet/ New Line   NEW YORK — Some 1,200 dazed and excitedly chattering people emerged from the opulent Ziegfeld Theatre late Thursday night, looking as though they'd just wandered out of a world more wondrous by far than the urban snowscape that awaited them. Which they had. It was the world premiere of "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," the second installment of director Peter Jackson's monumental visualization...

Saturn Award winnersHere is the best of the best… Dateline: Tuesday, June 11, 2002By: CHRISTOPHER ALLAN SMITH <News Editor Source: Cinescape Last night in Century City, CA, not all that far from the Twentieth Century Fox lot, home of THE X-FILES, DARK ANGEL, the STAR WARS films and more, the 28th Annual Saturn Awards were handed out at the St. Regis hotel, honoring the best and most shining achievements in genre entertainment for the year gone past. Bestowed by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, and sponsored by CINESCAPE magazine, the awards drew some of the biggest names...

Title: LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (WIDESCREEN EDITION) Studio: New Line Cinema Year: 2001 Region: 1 - USA Yesterday, the most amazing thing happened. My wife picked up the mail and walked over to me, a package in her hands. "There's something here for you," she said. I really wasn't expecting anything, but when I looked at the package, my heart started racing. I didn't know why, but I knew it was something special. Like a child who's overanxious on Christmas morning, I snatched it from her hands. My heart was pounding faster and faster as...

Fresh off the grill after tonight's announcement..... The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Full specs and box art for the most eagerly awaited DVD of the summer! March 26, 2002 - New Line Cinema just announced the full specs and release date for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring on DVD. The Disc will street on August 6 for a MSRP of $29.99 and will hold the following features in a two-disc set: 3 in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the production of this epic adventure, including: -"Welcome to Middle-earth" in-store...